In the poem ‘Daffodils’, how has the poet brought out the theme of the influence of nature over

man? How did the poet’s mood change till the end of the poem?

In the beginning of the poem ‘Daffodils’ the poet says that he saunters as lonely and aimless as a
solitary, floating cloud, that hovers over high hills and valleys. He doesn’t feel any emotion. He’s still
alone when he suddenly notices a colossal bunch of dazzling, golden daffodils – beside the lake,
under the trees and fluttering and waving in the wind. Wordsworth compares the daffodils to the
continuous patch of twinkling stars in the sky and recalls having seen almost ten thousand of the
dancing flowers. The poet mentions that he’s astonished by the jocund and scintillating cluster of
daffodils – and that they win his heart instantly. His loneliness dies out and he feels overjoyed and
euphoric at the cheerful scene and describes the fascinating beauties of nature as literal wealth, thus
implying that at the end of the day, nature wins over the common man. The beautiful daffodils leave
such a perpetual impact on the poet that whenever he sits on his couch in a vacant, idle mood, he
reminisces the blissful scene in his mind and in no time does their fond vision fill his heart with
pleasure. He emphasizes on the fact that nature has such a strong, everlasting influence on us that it
has the ability to change our mood in a flash. It outshines everything else and overpowers all our
solitude and melancholy, thus filling us with nothing but ecstasy. Wordsworth’s poem is a perfect
belter of how powerful nature actually is, and that at the end of the day, its nothing but Mother
Nature that works wonders.